[ale] RedHat 7.2 Power Off Doesn't :-(

[hirsch at zapmedia.com]

Robert Heaven writes:
 > I had the same problem in Mandrake 8.1. The script /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt 
 > was using a "halt -p" which is supposted to be a "powerdown" option. 
 > Unfortunately, it doesn't work with my hardware (but Winblows does) so I 
 > had to "vi" the halt script and take out the "-p" option because I got 
 > tired of seeing the trap errors.

Man, there must be something going around.  My Mandrake 8.1 shuts off
beautifully as long as I use their kernel.  When I try to compile my
own it won't power off.  I thought that maybe I misconfigured
something, but now I'm thinking that maybe they have some custom patch
in their kernel that isn't in the stock kernel.  With so many of us
having problems, there must be more to it that us all being morons.  I
hope.

--Michael

 > 
 > Danny Cox wrote:
 > 
 > >I've been running RH 6.2 on my notebook for over a year.  I was using
 > >the 2.4.17-XFS kernel, with APM.  "halt", "shutdown -h now", and "init
 > >0" all worked as expected, with the "Power down" message, and the system
 > >would turn itself off.  Fine, dandy, just what I wanted!
 > >
 > >Then, I upgraded to RH 7.2.  Everything else works peachy.  It just
 > >won't power off.  I've tired both APM, and ACPI.  I've rather confused,
 > >since before and after the upgrade, the kernel was the same, and it's
 > >the kernel that requests the power be cut.  I'm at a loss, though.
 > >
 > >Ideas?  Thoughts?  Incantations?
 > >
 > >Thanks!
 > >
 > 
 > 
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